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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #690 on: September 07, 2017, 06:04:56 pm »
As far as I can say, this was caused by some uninitialized/unreset variables across multiple turns in leeroy jenkins AI.

I've fixed that AI earlier and with the fixed version I can't reproduce this error anymore... so I recommend upgrading OXCE+ to newest version to avoid this bug.
I'm not absolutely 100% certain... but good enough to put this issue on ice.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #691 on: September 16, 2017, 11:23:41 pm »
A new list of typos and bugs:

STR_BREAKDOWN_STR_INCINERATOR_CLIP - missing string.

The lists of cities in FMP and XCF slightly differ - in FMP there's New Orleans. Looks like it was added after the work on XCF had begun. Maybe this city should be added to XCF too.

Typos:

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alien agression on the U.S. soil

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fact on an asissination mission,

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but is prone to mulfunction

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Adding such standarized information

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hopefully to the plece these

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who may have already infiltrated the bulding

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may have already infiltrated the bulding!

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radio/casette player

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A terryfying alien monster

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or anything about the infrustructure

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The core of Syndicate acivity relies

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alien knowledge and techology at any cost

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to create artifical proteins

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excercise some sort of mental

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capture the locals and imterrogate them

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damaged our ventillation system

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Right around the time of the Kiryu Kai termination
- Kiryu Kai is usually written with a hyphen

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towards his collegues
- Oxford Dictionary states that it's an obsolete form. Maybe it should be replaced by "colleagues"

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via the internet to radio
- the Internet should be written with the capital I

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Some percieve this as proof

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that government 'leaks' are disingenous

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by an exteraterrestrial intelligence

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ou can only take Consealable items

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I sugggest we extract as much

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giving it enourmous vitality

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leading to better metabolical efficiency
- metabolic?

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9 mm is a very reliable and acccurate weapon

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position in a network of his breathren

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It slightly inreases energy regeneration.

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with other artefacts of alien technology

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STR_AMESTERDAM: "Amesterdam"

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STR_CHEYLABINSK: "Cheylabinsk"
- should be Chelyabinsk :).

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STR_LILONGUE: "Lilongue"
- should be Lilongwe.

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STR_BENGUI: "Bengui"
- should be Bangui.

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STR_MOMBASSA: "Mombassa"
- should be Mombasa.

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STR_DUSHAMBE: "Dushambe"
- should be Dushanbe.

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Their masters exercise a limiteed degree

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for its size, elerium core
- should be written with the capital E

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The miniaturized elerium core
- the same as above

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at piercing kevlar vests
- should be written with the capital K (Kevlar is a trademark)
       
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Durathread is similar to kevlar
- the same as above

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make it unsuitable for longe-range


And one more thing. Since coup de grâce is already written with a diacritic character, maybe they should be used where necessary? Just in case, here's a list of the strings that require diacritics:

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work hard to maintain our raison d'etre
- raison d'être

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STR_ASUNCION: "Asuncion"
- Asunción

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STR_SAOPAULO: "Sao Paulo"
- São Paulo
« Last Edit: September 16, 2017, 11:32:07 pm by Kammerer »

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #692 on: September 17, 2017, 01:23:26 am »
Thanks for all the details. I have fixed them all, except for kevlar - since I'm not referring to the company but to the product. It's like using a walkman and wearing adidas shoes, regardless of their manufacturer.

I agree adding diacritics is a good thing. I've already started.

Aaaaaaaand here's an update. Some texts are still missing, but at least you'll have something to work with.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #693 on: September 17, 2017, 11:23:03 pm »
Some more typos (for v. 0.7.0):

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allows us to order such equimpent from their factories
     
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is directly related to the otherwordly
     
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likely requires enviromental protection
     
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distrubuted around the globe by UFOs
     
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A terryfying alien monster is attacking this peaceful village
     
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We should capture the locals and imterrogate them
     
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that lead to places beyong Earth
     
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She studied biochemistry in Zurich
     
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Commmander! We have successfully implanted
     
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we can expect extreme resisitance
     
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Agricutural Flamer Acquisition
     
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Agricutural Flamer
     
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Or at least that's what it appears to be: that the world is full of its brethren


Since the mention about the Brainer was removed, it became unclear whose brethren was mentioned in the article.

STR_PETROPAVLOVSK: "Petropavlovsk" - there's a city in Kazakhstan and in Russia. But the Russian one is called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Unfortunately, this name is too long, and I don't know if anything can be done in that case.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #694 on: September 18, 2017, 01:15:24 am »
Some more typos (for v. 0.7.0):

Wow! Thanks!                                                             

Since the mention about the Brainer was removed, it became unclear whose brethren was mentioned in the article.

I have just shortened it:

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STR_HYBRID_NETWORK_UFOPEDIA: "It appears that our planet is not only infested with cults, but also infiltrated by agents bioengineered by aliens themselves, disguised as normal people and preparing the planet for some sort of... harvest? Well I can't say exactly how much truth there is in these tall tales, but we still have documents that contain information on this 'Hybrid Network' and I will track them down personally. I wonder how many types of Hybrids are out there and what they look like..."

STR_PETROPAVLOVSK: "Petropavlovsk" - there's a city in Kazakhstan and in Russia. But the Russian one is called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Unfortunately, this name is too long, and I don't know if anything can be done in that case.

Well, if you have a better idea, please let me know.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #695 on: September 18, 2017, 05:46:02 pm »
Well, if you have a better idea, please let me know.

Petropavl.-Kamchatsky fits well and is alright as an abbreviation :).

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #696 on: September 18, 2017, 08:36:52 pm »
Petropavl.-Kamchatsky fits well and is alright as an abbreviation :).

Fair enough. :)

And another update... Sorry if it's too often, please work on it whenever it suits you.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #697 on: September 18, 2017, 10:48:47 pm »
No problem :). I'm already working on it.

A couple more bugs:

STR_BIOLOGICAL_WARFARE_PREQ - missing string

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for a long time after the revolution

Here the word Revolution should be written with the capital letter.

Typos:

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on any biological matterials of interest

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takes it down with powerful electrical discharches
« Last Edit: September 20, 2017, 09:57:16 pm by Kammerer »

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #698 on: September 20, 2017, 11:16:03 pm »
Some fences in the farm terrain are passable. Agents cross the fence as if it isn't there.
Update: looks like the UL-DR fence on the cabbage patch is passable, but all others work correctly.


An unrelated question: the standard "Gun Melee" mod doesn't work with X-Com Files. Is it deliberate or not?
« Last Edit: September 20, 2017, 11:23:23 pm by tkzv »

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #699 on: September 21, 2017, 02:34:53 pm »
Hmm, I fixed this fence, but may have missed another instance. I will check.

As for the gun melee, I don't know how it works... I suspect it relies on exact definitions of every weapon, which means it will only works with vanilla weapons.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #700 on: September 21, 2017, 06:13:20 pm »
As for the gun melee, I don't know how it works... I suspect it relies on exact definitions of every weapon, which means it will only works with vanilla weapons.
It goes like this:

items:
  - type: STR_PISTOL
    meleePower: 20
    tuMelee: 15
    accuracyMelee: 100
  - type: STR_RIFLE
    meleePower: 50
    tuMelee: 40
    accuracyMelee: 100


Yes, "meleePower", "tuMelee" and "accuracyMelee" for every weapon.

If I make a similar file for your mod, will you accept it?

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #701 on: September 21, 2017, 07:04:56 pm »
If I make a similar file for your mod, will you accept it?

If you mean "incorporate it into XCF", then probably not, as it's quite balance changing and I'm not sure it wouldn't turn out silly in the end.

But if you want to make a separate mod, then you have not only my permission, but also blessing! :)

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #702 on: September 23, 2017, 03:10:12 am »
If you mean "incorporate it into XCF", then probably not, as it's quite balance changing and I'm not sure it wouldn't turn out silly in the end.

But if you want to make a separate mod, then you have not only my permission, but also blessing! :)
https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,5719.0.html

I made a Perl script that creates a melee mod for any other mod. The mod for XCF is attached.

For some reason the damage is lethal rather than stunning.

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #703 on: September 23, 2017, 09:03:13 pm »
I think there's an error in items_XCOMFILES.rul. The entry STR_ALIEN_LASER_CANNON_CLIP does not have STR_CLIPS in "categories".

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Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste
« Reply #704 on: September 23, 2017, 09:42:35 pm »
I think there's an error in items_XCOMFILES.rul. The entry STR_ALIEN_LASER_CANNON_CLIP does not have STR_CLIPS in "categories".

Thanks, good catch.